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Superbad at IMDb
Funniest mindless movie of the last few years. McLovin is the best, and the other guys grew on me. Michael Cera must go and do some Woddy Allen or Charlie Kaufman stuff; he was great at Arrested Development, and is quite enjoyable at Juno and this movie.
O Cheiro do Ralo at IMDb
In his job he needs to undervalue the suffering of others in order to make more money. Then there’s the smell, the ass and the eye. The degree of objectification of desire is in direct proportion to the self-debasement of the indulger. By degrading the other, he nullifies himself. The very indifference to the overjealous ones, the suppressed recalcitrant losers of the world, is what causes their victims to exist. Great disturbing movie.
The Lathe of Heaven (book) The Lathe of Heaven (1980) at IMDb Deep review on Lathe of Heaven (the movie)
A lost science fiction PBS movie with Taoist undertones is a real find, right? A guy discovers his dreams change reality—when he wakes up he finds himself in a world where the content of his dreams have actually happened. He of course gets scared after a couple of nightmares, seeks relief in drugs, and then, because of them, is lead to a psychiatrist.

It happens the psychiatrist is a positivist type. When finally he gets convinced the guy dreams things that actually do happen, he decides to find a way to control the dreams of his patient to better the world… so easy to see where this leads, right? People should really get into Taoism before discussing politics, sometimes I dream. Well, may this never happen as I wish.

“To let understanding stop at what cannot be understood is a high attainment. Those who cannot do it will be destroyed on the lathe of heaven.”Chuang Tzu
Here's for all the sissy Apple lovers out there... This is the ultimate design for my old Duron, which faithfully downloaded well over one terabyte (mostly movies, 1300+) always on 24/7/365 over the last four years. It also runs Apache and is a file and printer server, as well as a router for my home network (with four, also damn old and beautiful computers). Sometimes I dust it off with a vacuum cleaner.
The Fountain
The Fountain: No-CGI, Cabala, Mogway — not good enough.I really enjoyed Requiem for a Dream, and PI was quite interesting. I may grow to like this one, but for now it just seemed a little too newagy to my tastes. It started a bit boring and I never quite empathized with the characters. On the other hand, some of the visuals (and sounds — by Mogway) are quite appealing (no CGI!), and near the end we have some surprises. Actually, some interpretations may not be that newagy — but pretentiousness still abounds.
Zazen: just sitting.I have read the article on “ditching Buddhism” by John Horgan about one or two years ago and I have found it to be as so filled up with misconceptions as not to be worthy even of bad publicity, yet last week somebody remembered me about it and I decided to answer some of its points.
10 Item or Less
In imdb a user commented: "Annoying little transition into some sort of regurgitated independent film values finds this shallow project from Brad Silberling offering little and providing less in this embarrassingly exploitive work." I agree, yet it is still watchable — even more so if you understand how clichê is the fabricated spontaneity in it. It is as if independent movie has aquired its own hollywood-like formulaicism. So it kind of becomes an interestingly consumated aesthetic portrail of so many cult-status fabricated stylishness examples we see around. Many people liked Me and You and Everyone We Know, and it is surely a much fresher and pure attempt, but "10 Items or Less" explains all the little (but very much present) annoyances I got with "Me and You..."
To the fierce dauntless Heruka, the vivid splendour of the guru's three mandalas, I bow with ubiquitous respect. I offer thee my confuse confessions and aspirations.

To see the world as a all-white-squares Rubik's cube requires merit. As I walk around and watch all kinds of behaviour — people trying hard for nothing, those who gave up and lie in their brutal stupidity of smoking and chatting, others who seek consistency through meticulous effort, a few just trying to be normal, and even some of the goody-wooly motherfuckers that reach jnanas and pure lands of bodhisattva's excrements — I confess never to remember to think well of beings. How crazy am I? To see things as I see, and yet to remain numb!? I'm such a dumb-ass leech of hard tears-and-blood attained merit!

Yet I still spin around deeply aroused by the magical display of young voluptuous boobs in the bus, spiced with rare moments of lucidity facing the futility of it all. Oh, if I ever had put my eyes on the dharma as I covet the breasts of white rosaceous maidens! (Sure, all the same/not the same — try harder, relax, beware. I get all my so-damn-good excuses around that crap!)

Actually, it is rather fun — when I don't get so fanatical. The pure nectar of Father Longchenpa lying in the couch while Sony Entertainment Television spurs sitcoms in my retina, how ironic! Hungry-ghost women scaring the shit out of me when I try to socialize a little bit, and Fabinca everyday teaching the highest of teachings1 (with tears in my eyes I rejoyce for her!).

I have no tears left for those who don't partake of the supreme unelaborate spontaneous effortless view, lost in their petty pacts of mediocrity. For those bones, meat and blood I vow to consume myself when the fire comes in the last days — this being my whole-hearted sincere aspiration — their zombie expectations and tiresome folly reduced to a rich disgusting soup of time wasted and despair. Poor sad bastards, yet nothing of them will remain. Nhammy. May your complete attainment be bestowed upon me, for the complete accomplishment of that single task to be possible.

On the other side, getting depressed over fake news, laughing at immoral industrial packages, raging against people who stall the streets in obliviousness, completelly devoid of any word of the dharma, completelly devoid of any notion of where I'm going when my prison-palace gets destroyed by the mighty forces of innevitable karma. No ground, no beer and resting in peace, just tautologies to be demonstrated in Gentzen's natural deduction system. And I'm still thinking how my politics professor couldn't know that almost all humans are inconsistent, and still trying to figure out how paraconsistency can make dialog with inconsistency possible. Ah, you know the whole shabanga! Otherwise, mental harakiri for you, mkey?

Soles and foot of humour stamped in my face: laughing at what? Nothing is serious, except this fact. Not even that: ahá!

May all beings benefit. Save the shrimps! May I have the energy to get my bike fixed for the summer!
We need to consider things well
go beyond crazy spontaneity
and crazy checking details.

Everyday's a feast of experiences,
some food to pigeons
and a good nice warm bed.

Ah, I would like to let it always be this way.
But, wait! It is!
Nothing to complain about.

On the other hand, more lines to write.
Sleep to have.
A waking at a given time, if I have the opportunity, again.

And then future plans.
"When I become someone important, will you listen to me?"
Will I listen to me? Not even I do know. Forget all this.

When rotting in the ground, will I still worry?
Just before that, will I fear experience more?
Experience hope, experience fear, right now, let go.

Will I be wise? If I have time, I will know me a fool — at least now.
Since I know I'm a fool, I'm already wise.
And I know when to stop writing.

But I'm a fool, and I keep going.
Because I like to show off.
People read me, you know.

You know.
I know.
What's left?

My forehead on the screen,
blessed computer.
I sure would like to say something more. Why?

[originally posted in dying sun, 5. 26. 2004 00:13 ]
Reality is quite clear for those
who immediately acknowledge its nature,
and it also has some creations and manifestations
which make it fun.

There's actually no way somebody can run from this
it should be what it is, always.

When this recognition becomes solidified
there's a lapse,
a faint of consciousness,
which creates I and its endeavours.

This should be a playfull apparition
of all the necessary tools of compassion.
And should not be our last refuge:
it must know from where it came.

The unconditioned base, free of elaboration
where space and time mean
nothing
is the essential nature of reality,
and should be enjoyed
in all its displays and meaning,
not lacking atoms of time
and limits of space.

Since we are caught in the webs and fabrications of mind,
and start to believe the solitity of games,
this base has been completelly lost.
This is suffering.

It is therefore of the utmost necessity not ever to waver from reality.
And relax in the spontaneous presence
of Yama Dharmaraja, Kalachakra and Avalokiteshvara.
Guru Rinpoche himself would be pleased if only we did that.
How ugly and annoying son-of-a-bitch were you.
Even so, sometimes I love you, oh butterfly effect of the greeks.

Should the demon possess me,
I would not talk, but dance.
How could you be such a blabber?

Still, both your intellectual dishonesty and your utter integrity
remain the opposites complementary to men's dogmatic sleep.

Socrates is mortal,
And what pain in the ass
Non-sequitur triplet irony, what a drag!

We had to kill you, of course.
Our parties became dull by your histrionics,
and you just couldn't leave.

Yeah, and I still have to face my own demon.
He is quite a charm.
Please don't ask me to introduce you.
Ah, the feeling of a throughly done backup.

All my files neatly arranged for my dear alien archeologists...
They must read even this. Again and again, such a bore.

"Hiya, alive companion, this is what I did with my life."

I can cheat a computer virus, maybe a defective hard drive,
or even a fire or flood — if I'm very lucky.

But if it is at all true that any of this shall be of interest to someone after my demise — and I work hard to keep my quaint scribble alive and well — will not be long before zero kelvin anyways.

In fact, that's the only thing worth saying. Keep that in mind.
1. ^ And all the while Reinaldo, the great Dzogpa Chenpo feline Guru lies over the TV, presiding over the feast of the three worlds.
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dharma centers
This is a list of good and reliable dharma teachers and places.

Chagdud Gonpa, pure lineage holders of the highest teachings of Vajrayana.

Chagdud Rinpoche, his compassion, courage and strenght will never cease to amaze us.

Siddharta's Intent, organization connected with the maverick dharma teacher Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche.

Lama Tsering, Lama Tsering Everest, intense and kind dharma teacher.

Caminho do Meio, NGO and Buddhist community founded by Lama Padma Samten, great meditator, physicist and popular dharma teacher. (in portuguese)

Alan Wallace, gentle scholar and meditation teacher.

Tokuda Igarashi, great zen master, his humbleness and erudition are insurpassable.

Dharma Centre, Directed by Ji Do Poep Sa Nin, kind and puzzling south-african teacher of koan.

There's also a Yahoogroup on Buddhism (in portuguese), bodisatva.
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